STATEMENT OF WORK

    How does it feel to be in the female body from the inside out? Ten years ago painted myself partly as a positive gesture to middle age. I painted myself in a handstand, showing off and in daring poses sneering at the false construct about age. This is work about the body from the inside out, and setting up the stage. It is not really about sexuality, while it can be,the paintings are more about being inside the body in light, Light  stripes and patches are playful and  key to understanding the psychological state.  Light illuminates and obscures. Identity is obscured, the face is often turned away or obscured in fragmented shadow or blinding light.
     This year began to change scale and focus on hands, (mine and my partner’s) because they are expressive and fleshy and And hands don't carry as much baggage as the nude self portraits. A finger can be a stand in for a leg or an arm or recall a landscape. Working with the body this way I can or create unpredictable shapes and spaces. They allow for a different kind of exploration into the interplay between light and forms. Whether it be back-lit, an infusion of light, or thestrategic placement of light falling upon the hand, face or body, lightserves as an element creating emotional tone and drama.